Let the College Football Playoff politicking begin.
With the initial CFP rankings set to be released Tuesday, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made the case for his Longhorns by pointing to their impressive victory on the road against Alabama.
"I've shied away from this," he told reporters. "I'd argue we have the best win in the country right now. The fact that we go into Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and beat a team that was 52-1 in the previous 53 games of us going in there…
"I hear so much about how tough the SEC is, but I haven't seen any of those teams go in Alabama and win, either, so I feel pretty good about our team.